Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-20
STATE AFFAIRS.
Governor POraker'S UnanSWer.
able Statements.
Mr.. POWEll,S FLIMSY TALES TORN
INTO TATTERED SHREDS.

ciaI Success of the Present Administra-
tion which Found the State Bankrupt.
The following extract from Governor
Foraker's Middletown speech merits care
full perusal 1t is an unanswerable refu-
tation of Democratic falsehoods:
"Mr.7 Powell next arraigned my ad-
ministration for being the most extrava
CANT, Ibelieve his language is, the most
recklessly extravsgant in the history of
the state And then he proceeds to
array along row Of figures, by which he
makes it appear that the appropriations
under Governor Hoadly's administration
amounted 30 500, 900 more than under
my administration. Then he goes on to
say that certain of their appropriations
were unusual, and If we will take off
$500, 900 on that account, then we have
appropriated 800, 900 more than they
did, and therefore we are more expensive.
He tola US what these appropriations
were. He says that they were to provide
for the suppression of riots at Cincinnati
at the time the court house was burned,
[but would not have burned if they got
there and attended to their duty as they
should He tells US that they had to
spend , large amount to repair the canals
and various other things of that kind,
among others making additions to public
buildings, mentioning the intermediate
Penitentiary and other public ins titu-
tions. Now want to say to you that
while these appropriations are un-
usual in the sense that they do not
occur each and every year, yet they are
not unusual IN the sense that like appro-
preparations do not have to be made
every year and under every administra-
ton. have prepared a list here of what
are called unusual appropriations under
my administration, which are as unus-
ual as those Mr.. Powell refers to, be-
cause they are appropriations of the
same character, appropriations that hap
pen but once and that won't happen
under the next administration. They
are both usual and unusual under Hoad-
ly's and under my administrations, simply
because while these particular appropri-
ations won't happen, others of the same
general character are sure to. We are a
great big people of three and a half
millions, and are doing something un-
usual all the time. l have here list of
unusSal appropriations under my admin
istration. First, let me call attention to
the fact that our predecessors, as shown
by this list, left some bills for US to pay.
1 want to mention among others what
may seem like little thing. But men
ton it because one of the loudest howlers
in this matter is Gen. E. B. Finley, ad
jutant general under Hoadly. He is
travelling about the State after Powell,
and seems to think he ought to discuss
the financial questions. When he went
out of office he seems to have conceived
the idea that he would like to have his
photograph framed and hung up with tn e
pictures of the governors in the rotunda
of the state house. And 80 he put it
there, and then, apparently fearing
somebody would take it down, he had
big brass railing put around it at cost
of 800, and very considerably showed
his financial ability by leaving the bill
for US to pay. Haughter.l You will
remember, too, they fired some salutes
when General Grant died, which was all
perfectly proper, but when we got there
we found bill of S727. 81 to pay for these
salutes-enough powder, almost, to have
fought the battle of Appomattox with.
But the lists speaks for itself and is as
follows. 1 read it 80 as to give you an
idea of what our unusual appropriations
were, and that you may see that they are
of precisely the same character as Mr..
Powell's unusual appropriations:
sUNUsUAL APPROPRIATIONS UNDER GOV
ERNER FoRAKER's ADMINISTRATION.
Expenses o. N. q. at Washington, G.
H., time Of tornado Sl,397 90
Brass railing erected by Gen. Finley
around his photograph in rotunda
Of state house -....-.--..... lO0 W
Draping state house at oDsequies of
Gen. Grant, Vice-President Hen
dricks and Judge okey ........... zoos OF
Firing guns at obs squies of Gen.
Grant. -.-.--..--- III III
above were contracted under
Governor Hoadly's administration,
but left for Foraker to pay.l
Publishing constitutional amend
ments -. ..................... 34,O5s 40
Expenses Of investigations of Cincin-
natl Democratic election frauds Of
1885. 1852 SO
field .................. .........-.. $500 90
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
con construction of ......-..............1 10000 90
Repairs of canals exclusive Of earn
ings allowed ...................... 65,s25 90
tic ton | Of '..............'............1as 1as,ssl 2l
tom ton and nd furnishing of........'..... 275,0Co co
Construction of buildings on new
State fair grounds. ....... ......... A,5U W
Working Home for the Blind Cpur-
chase of building for..........-. IO,OOO W
diers ' - ' 51.OsO 90
oCasssi cases iee' ~ '''''.4...... -'' - $500 GO
Iexpenses O. N. GJ.....,............ 5O,s7o q
I records cords M '.....4..'.......... ~ 5000 co
- ment at Wilberforce University. 10000 90
Stats 0'''O' - 7,S29 50
Total l ........... S977.552 ~
''That is about all have to say in re-
gard to the charge of reckless extrava-
gance. There is, however, one other
thing l want to call your attention to.
take it that under Governor Hoadly's ad-
ministration, and sn others, when an
appropriation IL made for the building OF
a public institution or anything OF that
sort, the state is Gn some degree at least)
to get value received. That is not, there
fore, test Of extravaganza. The true
test as to whether or not there has been
good business management is found when
you come to compare the management
and expense Of the same-of the public
institutions of the state. In my speech
Of acceptance l called attention to the
fact, and gave table to show 1t, that in
all the public institutions of the state we
had made large savings in the expense Of
management, with the exception of one,
where | had made the mistake Of not re-
placing soon enough Democrat with
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